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- From: glen@slate.cs.wisc.edu (Glen Ecklund)
- Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
- Subject: Re: Capital "I"
- Message-ID: <glen.725557020@cs.wisc.edu>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 15:37:00 GMT
- References: <5596@daily-planet.concordia.ca> <BzxxKI.2ow@world.std.com>
- Sender: news@cs.wisc.edu (The News)
- Organization: U of Wisconsin Madison - Computer Sciences
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- jcf@world.std.com (Joseph C Fineman) writes:
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- >mckay@alcor.concordia.ca (John McKay) writes:
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- >>It seems a sign of our times that the capital 9th letter of English is
- >>frequently written with a dot upon its head. I have thought of this as
- >>a sign of ignorance. Does anyone know of the history of this affliction?
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- >...
- >I don't know what you mean by "our times", but schoolchildren were
- >doing this when I was in grade school, almost 50 years ago.
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- I have never noticed this, growing up in the Midwest (US). Could it be
- regional?
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